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According to the United Kingdom, the daily mail reported on August 16, smart-phones, satellite navigation, search engines, such as reduce stress and tension for us at the same time, is interfering with our mind. Scientists said much-needed study relying on electronics rather than relying on the long-term effects of the human brain.
How science and technology affect memory?
Found on satellite positioning, GPS helps car drivers, but at the same time affect the driver's memory. Driver memory less to them in the street. No case of navigation, driver found back is very difficult .
Another study found that anyone with a digital camera to the Museum, their memory of the photo than other photography content remember better. Studies have shown that people are fooled by Google search within reach of large amounts of information, people are apt to look smarter than their own.
Digital dementia
Digital technology may in children of dementia, these capabilities have been greatly weakened children remember basic math operations. Children to study, but also the mother of two said Dr Kristy Goodwin, the widespread use of technology has led to attention-shorter, impaired language skills. In a video of her on Facebook, "said teachers across the country have lamented, now children do not like in the past, and now they can't can't remember their own schedule. Children remember things tasks are handed over to the electronics, they were unable to train your memory. ”
Canada, a Professor of cognitive psychology at the University of Waterloo, Evan Risko is a reminder, if you need to remember the things on the computer, you most likely won't use cognitive energy to remember this thing. The result is, no computer, your ability to remember that information is likely to weaken. It can be said that these technologies are affecting the contents of the memory. In a Sam Gilbert, a neuroscientist at University College London and co-author of the study, Dr Risko recalls on "cognitive uninstall" (using the outside world save brain) study.
Professor Risko and Dr Gilbert said, some people think that taking pictures of people will unload the memory information task, turned to the camera. Studies have shown that people find information on the Internet, search for information on our intelligence and a sense of ego. When asked to completely unrelated topics, they also think they know more than others. For example, search the zip principle subjects on the Internet, compared to subjects with no search link, the former believe they know more in climate science. In another set of tests, to accept the common sense test subjects, if they are told that they can later search for answers on the Internet, they will be more likely to question their intuition, and doubt.
An article in the journal trends in cognitive sciences, scholars say cognitive unloading is not a new concept, it's like watching a backwards picture will need to twist-twist look so simple. In some cases, cognitive uninstall is useful, with technology we can "break through the cognitive limit." However, the life in a modern, high-tech environment, "ongoing cognitive uninstall" the long-term impact remains unclear.
Risko said, there is no doubt that cognitive uninstall brings us great benefits as well as potential costs. We are now beginning to understand these effects. For example, science and technology how we get older and do not rely on electronic products, dependence on external equipment what are the drawbacks? There are a lot of discussion on whether the Smartphone on the cognitive damage. Apparently we need to better understand the cognitive transfer to technology what are the uninstall process, and its effects on humans of short-term and long-term memory. Because of our growing knowledge and technology are closely linked, and the second problem is particularly representative of the researchers and the community's sense of urgency and concern.
科学家：电子产品和搜索引擎或致人类智力退化 - 电子产品,搜索引擎,智力 - IT资讯
据英国《每日邮报》8月16日报道，智能手机、卫星导航、搜索引擎等为我们减轻生活压力与紧张的同时，正在干扰我们的心智。科学家说急需研究依赖电子产品而非依赖人脑所产生的长期影响。
科技如何影响记忆力的？
关于卫星定位的研究发现，卫星定位帮助了汽车司机，但同时影响了司机的记忆力。司机对他们在路上看到的记忆得更少了。没有导航的情况下，司机找到原路返回的路显得很吃力。
另一项研究发现，带着数码相机去博物馆参观的人，他们对于已拍照内容的记忆不如对其他未拍照的内容记得更好。也有研究表明，人们被谷歌搜索触手可及的海量信息所愚弄，人们容易把自己看得比实际的自己更聪明。
数码痴呆症
科技也许会给儿童带来数码痴呆症，这些儿童记忆基本数学运算的能力已大大减弱。从事儿童学习研究、也是两个孩子的母亲的Kristy Goodwin博士说，科技的普遍使用已经导致儿童注意力时间更短、语言技能受损。她在脸谱网的一段视频中表示，“全国的老师都在哀叹，现在的孩子不像过去了，现在他们连自己的时间表都想不起来。儿童把记忆东西的任务都交给了电子产品，他们无法训练自己的记忆能力。”
加拿大滑铁卢大学认知心理学的一名教授，Evan Risko提醒人们，如果你把需要记忆的东西放在电脑上，很有可能你就不会动用认知能量去记忆这个东西。结果就是，没有计算机，你记忆那个信息的能力很可能就减弱了。可以说，这些科技正在影响我们记忆的内容。在一篇与伦敦大学学院神经科学家Sam Gilbert合著的论文中，Risko博士回顾了关于“认知卸载”(利用外界节省脑力)的研究。
Risko教授和Gilbert博士说，有人认为拍照片的人将记忆相关信息的任务卸载，转而交给照相机。研究表明，在网上找信息的人，搜索信息之后对自己的才智有种自我膨胀感。在被问到完全不相关的话题时，他们也认为自己比别人知道的多。比如，在网上搜了拉链原理的受试者，与没有进行搜索环节的受试者相比，前者认为自己在气候科学上知道的更多。在另一组测试中，对于接受了常识测试的受试者，如果被告知他们稍后可以在网上搜索答案，他们将更有可能怀疑自己的直觉，并且产生疑问。
《认知科学趋势》期刊上有一篇文章，学者们说认知卸载并不是新概念，就像看一幅倒着的画就需要扭扭头去看这么简单。一些情况下，认知卸载是有用的，有了科技我们就可以“突破认知极限”。然而，生活在现代化、高科技的环境下，“不断进行认知卸载”所产生的长期影响还不得而知。
Risko教授说，毫无疑问，认知卸载既给我们带来很大好处，也带来潜在的代价。我们现在开始理解这些影响。比如，科技如何使我们在年老时不依赖电子产品，依赖外部设备的缺点到底是什么？现在有很多关于智能手机是否对认知有损害的讨论。显然我们需要更好地理解，转移到科技产品的认知卸载是怎样的过程，及其对人类短期、长期记忆能力的影响。因为我们在认知上日益与科技紧密相连，第二个问题尤其代表了研究者乃至整个社会的紧迫感和担忧。